Modular Wireframe Kitchen by Jan Jannes

Inspired by the common powder-coated wire frame dish drying rack, Jan Jannes Kitchenette concept expands the idea into four separate kitchen modules for washing, drying, cutting and cooking respectively.

Kitchenette was Jannes' graduation project and remains a concept only, but it does prompt us to consider the bare function of the kitchen, from which every other element is just an extension. It also makes us nostalgic for the '70s drying rack in our childhood home.

• Jan Jannes' website

Images: Jan Jannes

Comments (11)

Bare Function is a good term for this. This is on the verge of completely useless. Although it is a brilliant piece of critical design.

posted by Comicgeek on March 18th 2009 at 4:05pm
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Wow that's fugly.

posted by eyelight on March 18th 2009 at 4:06pm
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What an incredible amount of wasted space.

posted by kelleyk on March 18th 2009 at 4:19pm
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I agree with all of the above comments, but for some reason, I STILL like it. I think it's the level of creative, alternative thought that had to happen to create this concept.

posted by RogKitchens on March 18th 2009 at 5:02pm
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Is this meant for a camping blog?

posted by chartreuse on March 18th 2009 at 5:06pm
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Goodness, no. The wire frame drying racks are not attractive, so why would an entire kitchen be?

posted by atelier70design on March 18th 2009 at 7:01pm
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We have a bright red drying rack, living in a rental apartment without a dishwasher, and we searched high and low for a rack that would be even reasonably attractive since it was going to be out constantly.

They don't exist, unfortunately. I like the idea of this, though.

posted by fatalefemme on March 18th 2009 at 9:30pm
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wow, that would be a pain to clean and any spills would get everywhere.

posted by Enamorada on March 19th 2009 at 6:27am
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This is beautiful. It's a food space. I would love a kitchen like this.

posted by saturday on March 19th 2009 at 6:30am
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Creative, yes... but I'm a believer in the idea that function needs to come first in order for something to be well "designed"....

Also... would the "cooking" one even meet building code???

posted by miss_mouse on March 19th 2009 at 3:51pm
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I like this as an academic exercise or creative endeavor, but not as a practical kitchen setup.

posted by heather77 on March 19th 2009 at 4:24pm
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